Hannah Meisel
Hannah covers state government and politics for NPR Illinois and Illinois Public Radio. She previously covered the statehouse for The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at the political blog Capitol Fax in 2018.
She has also worked as a reporter for Illinois Public Media in Urbana, and served as NPR Illinois' statehouse intern in 2014 while working toward a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Hannah also holds a journalism degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a reporter and managing editor at The Daily Illini.
In 2020, the Washington Post named Hannah one of the best political reporters in Illinois. Since January, she has hosted WSEC-TV's CapitolView roundtable political program twice monthly.
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Former Madigan chief of staff on trial for perjury, obstruction of justice
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Even factoring in the possibility of a “mild recession” this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on Wednesday includes nearly $50 billion in state spending, bolstered by projections of continued near record-high tax revenues.
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Before closing out its truncated spring legislative session earlier this month, the General Assembly approved language that will be put to voters in November, asking whether Illinois should amend its constitution to add a so-called “Workers’ Rights Amendment” to guarantee the right to collectively bargain in a state with a long tradition of strong organized labor. But those behind a new lawsuit filed Thursday hope to prevent the question from being printed on the ballot in the first place, claiming the proposed amendment would conflict with federal labor law.
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More than a year after his ouster as the longest-serving legislative leader in the country, former House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) has been indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, wire fraud and extortion, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday afternoon unsealing a case several years in the making.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday evening announced an end to the state’s school mask mandate shortly after the Illinois Supreme Court denied his appeal seeking the justices overturn a Sangamon County judge’s decision earlier this month that sought to halt the governor’s executive orders requiring masking in school settings.
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Pritzker to fight Springfield judge's ruling voiding school mask mandate, K-12 staff vaccine-or-testGov. JB Pritzker’s mandate for masks in schools was thrown into legal limbo late Friday after a Sangamon County judge voided his rules on both masking and mandated COVID-19 vaccines or regular testing for school staff — flashpoints in a bitter ideological fight over the governor’s pandemic management. But Pritzker vowed to escalate the matter to a higher court, asking for an expedited appeal on the ruling.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlined his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. During his speech, the governor touted an improved financial outlook. Pritzker wants to use some of the projected windfall for temporary tax relief along with additional spending on education and other areas. He also targeted Republican critics. Our panel discusses the governor's plan and reaction to it.
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The mayor of Illinois’ second-largest city officially launched his campaign for governor on Monday, seeking the Republican nomination in a crowded field seeking to take out Gov. JB Pritzker in the November election.
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Influential nursing home industry group at odds with Pritzker administration, smaller long-term careLawmakers on Tuesday will again hear the case for overhauling how nursing homes in Illinois get paid — and the case against Gov. JB Pritzker’s exact plans for how the system should change.
